Community Articles

Guide to College Life for New Humboldt State University (HSU) Students

Here's our quick list of the must haves for any new freshman or college student transferring to HSU. These are the essentials that will get you up to speed and fitting in quick with the local scene… || read more >>

Humboldt Botanical Garden Harvest Festival

Save-the-Date Humboldt Botanical Garden's 1 st Annual Harvest Festival “ Sip, Taste, Look and Listen” The first annual Harvest Festival in the garden will be held, Saturday, Sept. 11, from… || read more >>

New Proposed List of Arcata Plaza Rules

I was walking on the plaza just the other day and I saw a cop kicking a spanger off the grass. The kid insisted he needed to know where he was allowed to stand. The cop told him anywhere besides the… || read more >>

Wild Turkey's Turn Vigilante over Environmental Worries

We are both happy and sad to report that a band of local wild turkey's have turned vigilante in the Southern Humboldt and Northern Mendocino hills. This flock of gobblers are apparently pissed that… || read more >>

Restructuring Humboldt Bay - Arkley and the New Green Port City of Eureka

(we would like to thank Bill Herman for convincing us this story was worth republishing). While listening to KHUM radio today I heard Pete Nichols from the Baykeeper talking to Mike Dronkers about… || read more >>

Rebranding Arcata's Homeless - Creating the Best Damn Stop on the West Coast Hippie Trail

In recent days there has been the small kindlings of another residents vs. spangers / travelers fight going down in the Arcata City Council halls. A vote was passed to push down the newly perceived militant… || read more >>